Watkins v. Watkins

The appellee sued the appellant for a divorce and for the custody of their three-year-old child in the St. Joseph Superior Court. The complaint charged cruel and inhuman treatment and that the appellant was not a fit person to have the custody of said child. After the case was at issue the parties joined in requesting the court to cause its probation department to make a thorough investigation as to the conditions surrounding their respective homes, and that said report be.received by the court and considered as evidence on the issue of the custody of said child, should a divorce be granted.

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